[crazyslingshot]

the flatband shooting sounds like the drum-beating!

No just the target prey but also all the preys around 40 meters flee as soon as I finish the first shot.
It has been a headache for a long time, any way resolve it?

When I take the long target practice, I often hit the target with second shot through a slight adjustment based on the first shot.

But This skill becomes useless because of the big noise of flatband when hunting.
Any solution, thanks a lot!

 

[NaturalFork]

use tubes? seriously my trumark with the trumark tubes is silent.

 

[ZDP-189]

Gary's not that noisy .... BADABING!

Unfortunately, everything that makes a band fast also contributes to noise. I can recognise a good pair of bands by the high intensity, high pitch and suddenness of the whipcrack.

If stealth is a high priority, the Chinese tubes are quieter and still effective. They shoot well with incredibly short tubes and butterfly tubes woul combine speed and rasonable stealth. You might also consider chained bands. They are louder than tubes to my ear, but it's not the same sound as a flatband.

 

[JoergS]

The method I explain in this video reduces the noise very much:

You can silence even further by shortening the "catching" rubber.

Jörg

 

[baumstamm]

i´m not shure, but isn´t it a question of speed?
lower speeds make lower noise!?

 

[JoergS]

I think most of the noise comes from the rubber and pouch hitting the fork tips and then hitting the frame/hands again on the return. I noticed that narrow frames are louder than wide frames, which fits into the picture.

I wonder if a cushioned frame reduces the noise.

 

[baumstamm]

then maybe flipshooting may reduce the noise? it is werth a few testings!

 

[Ace]

Depending on the weight of the ammo i find that with lighter ammo and flip shooting i get a nasty handslap but i find it quieter

though the handslap may make you shorten your hunting time

-Ace-

 

[hawk2009]

use tubes? seriously my trumark with the trumark tubes is silent.

Tubes over flatbands well I never

 

[NoSugarRob]

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